Andy Wulfkhule wins at the Pan-Am games

History has been made for the team- Andrew Wulfkhule won the 40+ age group in the Pan-Am games. I don't need to tell you how big of a win this is for Andy, the team and Rock Lobster. 

Andy can wear this jersey until next year's games. Looks like he is really ready for the nationals in only about 4 weeks. The conditions on the ground might be different but this guy knows what real winter cyclocross is all about. Well done !
 

Surf City Cyclocross Sunday Oct. 30 th.

Sunday was not as crowded as Saturday but the costume race was gigantic and rivaled that of last year's event. Seems like the pandemic has subsided enough for Santa Cruz to come out and party. 

Even a sponsor or two were in the mix. 

Racers from the team's past showed up as well- this is Kailin Waterman who probably has not raced much in a few years but got on the podium in the single speed A race.

In the morning the juniors started the day.

Junior men 9-14

Remy Schmidt   1st, Dillon Hall  3rd, Bar Shohat Rozenfeld  4th , Keanan Vawter  5th , Noam Gilat 6th , Matthew Warner 7th , Noah Hekkert 9th , Kai Yee  10th.

 Junior  men 15-18

Christopher Bachman 2nd , Mac Tomkins 3rd , Jimmy Hawley 4th , Jaiden Ramiro 9th

Junior women  9-14

Gabriella Dominguez  2nd , Kyla Vawter 4th

Junior women 15-18 

Lily Sanders  1st

Open B men

Anthony Griffin-Yeh  4th , Enzo Sapojnikof  5th , Christopher Bachman 13th , Nathan Delaney 20th , Matt Miller 36th.

Single speed B men 

Chris Seymour  4th

Master men 45 B

Carl Hekkert 3rd,  Eric Werner 8th

Matser men 35 A

Fred Mills 1st , Eric Brown 2nd

Master men 45 A

Josh Snead 3rd

Master men 60 

Paul Sadoff 4th

Women elite 

Caroline Dezendorf  1st , 

Women B

Lily Sanders 3rd, Kate Hochler 7th 

Women single speed A

Hannah Solberg 1st, Campbell Steers 2nd

Women C

Gabriella Dominguez 5th

Sam Mchugh  12th

Men elite

Noah Hayes 4th , Max Judelson 5th , Cole Williams 12th , Eric Williams 18th ,  Nathan Barton 23rd , Joey Kochlacs 24th , Dean Poshard 35th

Single speed A men

Fred Mills 2nd , Kyle Taylor 4th

Tracklocross 

Isaac Estrada 2nd.

 

Surf City weekend Saturday Oct. 29th

There's a lot of people to thank for making this happen- our second edition of the Rock Lobster/Surf City cyclocross at the Crest Ranch. First, I have to thank the Crest Ranch for letting us invade their property with hundreds of racers and enthusiasts. Secondly I would like to give a big shout out to Sightline Construction for providing sanitation facilities and for behind the scenes support of the team and the event. Also, I would like to thank Jeff Clark, David Crum, Rod Hernandez, Justin Eatinger, Will Bachar , Joey Kochlacs and all of our team and volunteers that really brought their 'A' game. A big thanks goes to Rick Ortenblad for the podium backdrop and to Campbell Steers for all the hand printed wooden medals. I really want to thank Giro, Ibis,Voler,Bell and all the companies that step up for a local event, even if it is out in the sticks and not on the national calendar. A big thanks to Spokesman bicycles for the neutral support. I can't complete this without thanking the guy who put it all together- Brendan Lehman. Brendan worked on all aspects of organizing the event - no easy task. He did the work of many people and this year's event went smoother than any Surf City CX I have witnessed, and that has been many. It looks like we will be coming back to the Crest Ranch in 2023 so I guess we passed the two year audition !

Saturday was a day of big fields of riders and huge clouds of dust as the conditions were very dry for late October. Riders finished with faces resembling coal miners as the loose soil covered bodies and bikes.

The morning saw the juniors first with the men's 9-14 race.  

Remy Schmidt     1st , Rani Joseph         3rd,Keanan Vawter    4th, Bar Shohat Rozenfeld  6th ,Matthew Werner   7th , Kai  Yee              12th

Junior 15-18

Christopher Bachman 5th , Jimmy Hawley  9th

Junior Women  9-14

Gabriella Dominguez    2nd , Kyla Vawter 3rd.

Junior Women  15-18    

Lily Sanders  1st 

Open Men B

Anthony Griffin-Yeh   2nd , Caleb O'Hare  5th , Christopher Bachman 13th , Nathan Delaney 24th

Single Speed Men  B

Chris Seymour 9th

Masters 45 B Men

Carl Hekkert 4th , Eric Werner 5th

Maters 55 B Men

Michael Schaller  7th

Masters 35 A Men

Fred Mills  1st , Eric Brown 3rd.

Masters 45 A Men 

Josh Snead 3rd

Maters 60 Men

Paul Sadoff 7th

Women Elite 

Caroline Dezendorf  1st , Hannah Dillard 3rd , Mara Valcarcel  7th

Women B

Lily Sanders  7th, Kate Hochler 8th

Women ingle Speed   

Campbell Steers  1st

Women C 

Gabriella Dominguez 11th

Elite Men

Noah Hayes  5th, Max Judelson 6th , Eric Williams 11th , Nathan Barton 13th , Joey Kochlacs 26th , Austin King  27th , Dean Poshard 32nd , Cole Williams 33rd.

Men Single Speed A

Dylan Gong 2nd , Fred Mills 4th , Kailin Waterman 5th , Kyle Taylor 6th.

Men's Tracklocross 

Isaac Estrada  3rd

Gene Park      6th